Democratic Senators Tim Kaine (Va.) and Michael Bennet (Co.) have joined together to propose new legislation that would build on the Affordable Care Act, rather than a repeal and replace effort that has been proposed by the GOP.

The Washington Post reports the Kaine-Bennet “Medicare-X" legislation will be unveiled in the Senate later this week. The bill would expand Medicare to the elderly, with an added heavy focus on rural areas.

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“My Medicare-X bill with {Sen. Bennet] builds on Medicare's framework to give all Americans access to a public insurance plan on marketplaces,” Kaine said on Twitter. “All Americans should have access to affordable, quality health insurance. I believe a public option helps us get there.”

My Medicare-X bill with @SenBennetCO builds on Medicare's framework to give all Americans access to a public insurance plan on marketplaces.

Bennet echoed those sentiments in his own tweet, saying limited competition is leaving his rural constituents with only “one high cost option.”

Kaine says the effort would first target rural areas across the US, before becoming nationwide by 2023.

The proposal would be a change from the “Medicare for All” plan being touted by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. However just a third of Senate Democrats have come out in support of Sanders’ bill, making it unlikely to pass.